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Anonymous Doxes Trump, But Leaked Info Underwhelms

Mic.com reports that the "total war" declared by Anonymous against presidential candidate Donald Trump has resulted in a grandly presented leak of some personal information. Items alleged to be personal information about Trump have been posted to PasteBin; these include a social security number purported to be his, contact information for some Trump business associates (including his agent and his lawyer's office), and some information about his family relationships. As Tech Insider points out, though, the YouTube video announcing the dump seems to overstate its significance, in that none of the information leaked is new or earth-shattering -- most of it could be quickly gleaned from a Google search or a visit to Wikipedia.

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  1. Bullshit video by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't care about anonymous's childish and sensationalized political views, that's not how democracy works. Hackers shouldn't influence votes any more than the wealthy should. Either they found real dirt or they didn't. It seems they didn't.

    1. Re:Bullshit video by arbiter1 · · Score: 2

      Only thing it will do is fuel Trump's campaign even more like All the Media has been doing for him so he hasn't spend 1/5th what everyone else does on ad's.

    2. Re:Bullshit video by emazing · · Score: 3, Interesting

      We don't live in a democracy, especially one that works. Mainstream media has way too much of an affect on people's choice as it is. If some people want to publish a sensationalized video with facts that are true, so be it.

    3. Re:Bullshit video by davester666 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Clearly Bernie Sanders is behind this attack, and therefore, Bernie Sanders is Anonymous. Arrest him!

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    4. Re:Bullshit video by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 3, Funny

      ... Clearly Bernie Sanders is behind this attack ...

      [ Citation please ! }

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    5. Re:Bullshit video by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      With a name like "donthackmebro" I'm not sure you're in a position to speak on the subject without implicating yourself.

    6. Re:Bullshit video by butzwonker · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Thanks to something called the Internet people today have much broader access to independent sources of news, information, interpretations and opinions than ever before in history.

      You might not like to face the truth, but there are good reasons for claiming that this is also one of the main reasons for an emergence of new forms of radicalism, a general increase of stupidity and a substantial decline of political culture ...

    7. Re:Bullshit video by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 2

      I'm wondering: is this a real doxing, or an intentional feed from the campaign?

  2. Enemies of anonymity by DontHackMeBro · · Score: 4, Interesting

    By causing trouble anonymously, Anonymous are technically working as agents for those entities (such as Russia) which would like to eliminate anonymity.

  3. False Flag Operation? by Freshly+Exhumed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've said it before and I'll say it again, this has all the hallmarks of an amateurish false flag operation against Anonymous. The track record of the "real" Anonymous shows a level and depth of skill that does not correlate with this lowball drivel.

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    1. Re:False Flag Operation? by Kohath · · Score: 3, Interesting

      And if you want a Trump elected, this sort of thing helps him out a lot. Other things that help him:
      - any negative comments from Bush or Romney
      - any negative comments from Mexican government leaders
      - protests like the ones in Chicago. The more disruptive the protests, the more it helps Trump.
      - any big business CEOs or Chamber of Commerce leaders speaking out against him
      - any negative comments from Obama.
      - any other foreign leaders or celebrities speaking out against him

      If you want him to win easily, keep it up.

    2. Re:False Flag Operation? by Freshly+Exhumed · · Score: 2

      I am on record here with concerns of a false flag operation back when the very first word of this so-called operation (your "early boasting phase) started.

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    3. Re:False Flag Operation? by stephanruby · · Score: 3, Funny

      I've said it before and I'll say it again, this has all the hallmarks of an amateurish false flag operation against Anonymous. The track record of the "real" Anonymous shows a level and depth of skill that does not correlate with this lowball drivel.

      It's the same thing with the user on slashdot called "Anonymous Coward". Sometimes, "Anonymous Coward" can be super insightful and eloquent, the rest of the time, I feel the FBI is trying to run a false flag operation against its reputation by spouting off spammy, racist, and idiotic comments under its handle. The FBI truly has no shame.

    4. Re:False Flag Operation? by Chas · · Score: 2

      Okay, this isn't what has happened.

      What's happened is that a good chunk of the US is fed up with the entire Washington DC Establishment.
      At this point, it's essentially a political mono-culture with two major social cliques.
      They've been playing hot-potato with power in the various arms of government for most of the last 80 years.
      In that time, the country has become a gigantic shithole for the average citizen/family.
      Both sides claim they'll fix everything. But the country just keeps getting progressively more and more screwed.

      And people aren't voting for Trump because they think he'll actually fix something. Likely he's going to buttfuck the country too.
      They're doing this because they're sending a gigantic fuck-you-gramme to the DC Establishment. If there's going to be suffering anyhow, they're going to have to shoulder their share of the burden.

      So, after 4-8 years of dealing with a fucking unwiped ass like Trump, MAYBE, just maybe the politicians might be inclined to actually DO THEIR FUCKING JOBS and fix the economy instead of wasting time, taxpayer money, and resources on stupid pork projects and drafting shitty, protectionist laws where they've piled in even more pork.

      Now I'm not going to vote for Trump (I'm still sane). But a realize what's moving his campaign.

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  4. Trump is untouchable by SuperKendall · · Score: 4, Informative

    This just goes to show that Trump is untouchable.

    Most people have something to hide. But Trump has been so public for so long, that anything even vaguely interesting was discovered and unveiled long ago.

    This is exactly why "trumped" up reports of things like racism don't hold water and don't affect Trump in the polls - because most people in America know his history with things like choosing a black woman as w winner on the Apprentice (someone who supports his candidacy now BTW), or his supposed hatred of immigrants when everyone knows he married a few (and probably slept with many more).

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    1. Re:Trump is untouchable by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Is he undergoing an FBI investigation like another candidate?

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    2. Re:Trump is untouchable by dbIII · · Score: 2

      There's been a lot of stuff like this for years:
      http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/memory-lapse-trump-seeks-distance-advisor-past-ties/story?id=34600826
      http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/31/politics/trump-mob-mafia/
      http://www.helpfreetheearth.com/news1222_trump.html

      That's just what google turned up today so don't blame me if you don't like the politics of any of those sites.

      Trump talks like a gangster due to practice talking to the real thing.

    3. Re:Trump is untouchable by Jack9 · · Score: 2

      Trying to leverage the reputation of a city's history of corruption into some kind of appearance of inpropriety is pathetic.

      Trump's name (along with Bill Clinton and others) in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. That's something to hide.

      Stay out of the voting booth, if you're too emotionally unstable understand the difference between tangible facts and the fantasies you hope will come up.

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    4. Re:Trump is untouchable by gerddie · · Score: 3, Funny

      As an outside observer I think the main divide between Republicans and Democrats is that of idealists and pragmatics.

      I think it's more like Jarod Kintz put it in This Book is Not FOR SALE: “There exists a big circus tent, and the right entrance is named The Republicans, and the left entrance is called The Democrats. People argue over which is the correct path, not realizing everyone inside is a clown.”

    5. Re:Trump is untouchable by tehcyder · · Score: 2

      Most people have something to hide. But Trump has been so public for so long, that anything even vaguely interesting was discovered and unveiled long ago.

      He still won't admit the truth about that poor creature that lives on his head.

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    6. Re:Trump is untouchable by Critical+Facilities · · Score: 2

      Wait. So you honestly believe that the guy who has bankrupted several of his own companies, the guy who is encouraging physical violence at his rallies, the guy advocating for targeting Muslims, and the guy advocating for spending billions and billions of dollars on building a wall is the LESSER of two evils? I'm not saying the Clintons are without sin, absolutely they've got some dirty laundry. But man, it's a real stretch calling Trump the lesser of those two "evils".

  5. No shit, sherlock by gman003 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The man publicly advocates war crimes, jokes about shooting people in the street, and managed to turn a televised debate into a literal argument over his dick size. If he managed to keep anything *worse* than that secret, it would have to be something like sacrificing babies to satan, or orphanage arson, or maybe being literal Hitler with a bad wig and a spray-tan.

  6. Re:Morons by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 2

    There is literally more information on Wikipedia about him.

    Shhh QUIET! You've revealed their super-secret source of info for doxxen teh Trump!

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  7. Re:Again, this can only help Cruz by skipkent · · Score: 2

    Hillary can beat Drumpf without working too hard. Sanders can beat Drumpf without even needing to open his mouth. Frankly the democrats could run a ficus tree and almost certainly defeat Drumpf.

    The only person who has anything to gain from having Drumpf defeated before November is Cruz as he is the only GOP contender left who could possibly win the nomination if Drumpf was run out.

    Hillary has no chance. Trump can work the show and has owned beauty pageants. It wouldn't be beneath him to run a Ms. Bill Raped Me USA and the woman would proudly participate to have their stories heard. How can the SJW rally against rape culture then Hillary is an enabler to the extreme. Debates he can have rape victims font row, have them at rallies, etc.

  8. Not far enough by s.petry · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Come now, if you are going to go the conspiracy route you have to look deeper than a single layer. Trump is being attacked by _everyone_ except the public who is supporting him.

    I find it much more likely that this is a two-for. Try and make Trump look bad and at the same time make Anonymous look bad. The elitist pricks holding power don't like either of them very much.

    All that goodness out in the open, if Anonymous does not come out and declare victimization then it is most likely yet a poor mission by them. Not everything they have done has been successful or grand. I find the latter more likely than any conspiracy. Anonymous also threatened Hillary and did a bit of damage. Nothing that the corrupt media could not cover up, unfortunately.

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  9. Anonymous isn't one person by YesIAmAScript · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Anyone can be Anonymous. It's not possible to have a false flag.

    If it seems like goobers did this, then probably goobers did this. And some past Anonymous operations have also been seemingly done by goobers.

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  10. Re:Morons by alzoron · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The thing about Doxxing is that we already know most of the "dirt" about Trump. Most of the stuff about him that would kill other potential candidates he wears like a badge of honor. His whole campaign basically depends on being the biggest piece of shit candidate running to make all the small people feel like their faults aren't really all that bad and maybe even ok.

  11. Re: Again, this can only help Cruz by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2

    She already confirmed she didn't send any classified material, so it's just a witch hunt.

    Correction: According to news sources, some of it was retroactively classified.

    Also according to some sources, the same thing happened with Colin Powell and Condeleza Rice, with no outcry.

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  12. Re:Why the Butthurtness? by kuzb · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You mean like when you voted G.W. Bush in?

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  13. I **DO** want Donald J. Trump elected by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 3, Informative

    Although I was not born in the United States of America, I am still an American, and I am sick and tired of what has happened to my government for the past 30+ years !

    It is time we kick out the D.C. establishment and get somebody else in

    I am not saying that Donald Trump will be a great POTUS, but at the very least, compare to what Obama has done (for the past 7 years) and to what George W. Bush did (during his 8 year tenure) no matter how hard Donald J. Trump tries to screw up, he won't be as bad as Obama/GW Bush

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    1. Re:I **DO** want Donald J. Trump elected by Mashiki · · Score: 2

      Well you might be old enough to remember when the media, and left-wing groups were doing the same thing against Regan. The only thing they did was hand him the presidency, and it looks like they're doing it again. Which is okay with me, since the amount of benefit to Canada that came from his presidency was enormous.

      And considering the amount of stuff up shit's creek these days with the media fawning all over Trudeau Jr., we're going to need all the help we can get. With luck, it'll be enough to head off Jr., from placing wage and price controls like Sr., did.

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    2. Re:I **DO** want Donald J. Trump elected by tehcyder · · Score: 2, Informative

      the media, and left-wing groups

      You don't really have a left wing in the US. Even someone like Bernie Saunders is only a moderate social democrat by world standards.

      And the media is left wing in the same way that a piece of rocks is left wing, i.e. it's not a raving right wing lunatic.

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  14. Re:Again, this can only help Cruz by Princeofcups · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hillary can beat Drumpf without working too hard. Sanders can beat Drumpf without even needing to open his mouth. Frankly the democrats could run a ficus tree and almost certainly defeat Drumpf.
     

    That's what we said about George W., and look what happened. Agreed, it took some ballot stuffing to make it official, but it was not the landslide for Gore everyone predicted. People voted for that dumb fuck. They will vote for Trump, in droves.

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  15. Re:Why the Butthurtness? by wertigon · · Score: 2

    The US military is all but in shambles. By every conceivable measurement the US military is the strongest, meanest military on the planet. In monetary wealth alone, the US military has as much funding as the entire rest of the world. The US military tech is top notch and compared to any other country outscales that country by atleast a factor 10 if not more in sheer numbers, and often they have a much better technology (compare for instance tanks - chinese have 500, The US has over 6 000 - and the US tanks are vastly superior to boot).

    See https://www.military1.com/all/... for more info.

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